Section 21EE: Power to call information etc.

1[21EE. Power to call information etc.__ (1) The Superintendent of Police during the course of investigation or an equivalent officer of security forces operating in aid of civil power under sections 4 and 5, may by an order in writing, on the request of the Joint Investigation Team,__ (a) call for information from any person for the purpose of satisfying himself whether there has been any contravention of the provisions of this Act or any rule or order made there under; (b) require any person to produce or deliver any document or thing useful or relevant to the inquiry or investigation; (c) examine any person acquainted with the facts; (d) with the permission of the Anti-terrorism Court, require any bank of financial institution, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, to provide any information relating to any person, including copies of entries made in the bank’s or a financial institution’s book, including information of transactions saved in electronic or digital form which are reasonably believed to be connected with commission of an offence under this Act and the keeper of such books or records shall be obliged to certify the copies in accordance with law; and (e) require information or obtain record of telephone and mobile phone data, e- mail, MMS and CNIC and encrypted messages or any other information suspected to be linked in any manner with commission of an offence under this Act, from any service provider company of department. (2) The copies obtained, information received or evidence collected in pursuance of clauses (d) and (e) of sub-section (1) shall be kept confidential and shall not be divulged to any un-authorized person or used for any purpose other than the legal proceedings under this Act. (3) Any contravention of an order made under sub-section (1) shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to 1[three years or with fine which may extend to one million rupees in case of an individual and ten million rupees in case of a legal person or with both].

Effective date: 1997-08-16

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